WOMACK GENEALOGY

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WOMACK FAMILY ASSOCIATION

Published 1957-1960, Volumes I-IV

During the years of 1957 thru 1960, there was a Womack Family
Association founded and maintained by a group of Womack's in
Tennessee. People across the country, interested in Womack genealogy,
joined and every six months they received a copy of the WOMACK
GENEALOGY newsletter. It was chock full of information and research
on Womack's, primarily from the states of Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Kentucky. As well as providing research information,
it also provided an Exchange Department where members could write
about their family trees and hopefully hook up with some long lost
relatives. Sort of an early newsgroup, so to speak.

For four years the association published WOMACK GENEALOGY. Then in
1960, due to some founding members leaving and membership dropping,
it was decided to disband the association and stop publication.

I never knew that such a group had ever existed let alone
published a newsletter. I guess not being born at the time helped to
keep me in the dark. Then, Sam Womack happened to send me some text
files that he had scanned into his computer from an original set of
the WOMACK GENEALOGY volumes. I was amazed at the amount of
information each issue contained, and I am proud that such a group
organized to promote the research of Womack genealogy. After reading
through all the volumes, I felt that it was my clan duty to translate
the raw text files into web pages. Not only so that other researchers
could have access to the information, but to also preserve such a
wonderful and noble enterprise.

Below is an index to the volumes of the WOMACK GENEALOGY issues.
Some have been formatted to match the original versions, and some are
still raw text. I have taken some liberties in reformatting them
using html constructs such as tables and headers, but I have gone to
great lengths to maintain the original 'feel' of the newsletters.
Also, I cannot personally vouch for any of the information contained
in the newsletters. I assume that the members followed accepted
family research protocols of the time, but you should probably go to
the original sources for confirmation of any information.

Caveats

There are some important points to keep in mind when reading these
HTML versions of the newsletters:

The originals were published from 1957 to 1960, so when
addresses are given for members, chances are they no longer live
there. Also, the association no longer exists, so it probably
won't help to send letter to the Exchange Department
address listed in the newsletters. I wish the association was
around today sending all of us the latest Womack research.

In my attempt to stay true to the original format of the
newsletters I have broken up the HTML document with page numbers
and horizontal rules to delineate the pages. HTML is not really
suitable for displaying pages of information. It is not like a
word processor where you can control where pages end. So, I list
the page numbers at the 'bottom' of what appears on the page of
the original. You'll see things like:

Page 1

Everything above this horizontal rule would be on page 1,
everything below it would be on page 2. I did this so that if you
want to reference the newsletters in your own research you will be
able to cite the correct page.

Special thanks go to Sam Womack (for translating the original
newsletter to text files and providing the scanned images of the
pictures), Roger Womack (for sending me a copy of the original
newsletters that came in very handy for proofreading and layout), and
to everyone that gave me feedback as I was putting them all together.

Dedication

I would like to dedicate these online versions of WOMACK GENEALOGY
to the officers of the Womack Family Association: Walter Womack,
Oscar Womack, Mrs. Clifton Wolfe, William Perry Johnson, Mrs. R. L.
Anderson and to all the former members of the Association. Without
them none of this would have been possible in the first place. These
HTML versions are presented for what they were meant from the
beginning: tools to further our knowledge about the Womack surname.

Other

If you are interested in viewing the copies of the original
newsletters, they are available from the LDS library in Salt Lake
City. You can borrow microfilm copies through your local Family
History Center. The call number is listing in the WGN
Bibliography under 'Womack Genealogy'. Please visit your local
Family History Center for more information.

If you have any suggestions, comments, questions, or maybe some
information about the Womack Family Association, please feel free to
contact me at markwomack@womacknet.com,
I would love to hear from you.